BICEP LIVE returns for a special show at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall

Following a three-year hiatus, BICEP LIVE returns for a special show at London’s iconic Royal Albert Hall, on Thursday 26th November 2026. 

For fans who have been clamouring for the duo’s return while they’ve been locked away in the studio working on a new BICEP album – alongside rolling out  their recent CHROMA and TAKKUUK projects – the night promises brand new material alongside classic BICEP tracks, performed in one of the UK’s most storied live music venues.

Debuting in 2017, their BICEP LIVE show is now an infamous spectacle, renowned for its epic, immersive production and visuals from Black Box Echo’s Zak Norman. Their subsequent touring has seen them play across some of the world’s most revered festival stages, as well as sold-out headline shows across the UK, Europe, North America and beyond. This includes back-to-back sold-out performances at London’s 10k capacity Alexandra Palace, three sold-out nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton, plus headline slots at the likes of Glastonbury — where they closed the festival’s third biggest stage in front of 35k people with a now legendary set that was televised on the BBC via their online iPlayer platform — Primavera (Barcelona and Los Angeles), Parklife, Wide Awake, AVA, Portola and Field Day.

The BRIT-nominiated Northern Irish duo made up of Andy Ferguson and Matt McBriar recently concluded their ambitious, sprawling CHROMA project – which unfurled across almost two-years via their own record label a series of curated events and a constantly evolving hybrid DJ/Live CHROMA AV show which toured the globe with more than 70 shows playing to over 500k people, including prime-slots at iconic festivals as well as two sold-out takeovers of London’s Finsbury Park, Brighton Beach and consecutive annual takeovers of London’s 15k capacity Drumsheds.

The tracks on CHROMA – released every 6 weeks, and all featuring Ferguson & McBriar in some form – have truly lived up to the label’s ethos to cover everything “from Acid to Alkaline”, becoming a home for their own more underground club focused productions, and also a platform to share their wider music styles. The label concluded last year with the release of ‘CHROMA 000’, a collectible, limited edition vinyl, featuring a special edition case, compiling all of the series tracks to date, plus 2 new bonus versions, designed with the unique and distinctive CHROMA visual identity created in collaboration with David Rudnick and his Terrain studio.

Support for CHROMA came from the likes of The Observer, The Guardian, BIllboard, MTV UK, The Times, CLASH, Decoded, Notion, FADER, NME, Mixmag, DJ Mag, Stereogum and many, many more, BICEP also sat down with Resident Advisor’s ‘Exchange’ for a detailed dive into the series, appeared on the cover of Disco Pogo magazine, and recorded a special mix to mark RA’s1000th Podcast release, which also included new or unreleased mixes from the likes of Frankie Knuckles, DJ Harvey & Andrew Weatherall, Theo Parrish, Helena Hauff, Jyoty and DJ Sprinkles.

Additionally BICEP recently revealed their ‘TAKKUUK (Original Soundtrack)’, part of a new immersive installation created with visual artist Zak Norman and filmmaker Charlie Miller (in partnership with the charity In Place of War, as part of their EarthSonic programme). The TAKKUUK installation and Soundtrack release sees BICEP collaborating with a number of Indigenous vocalists, including Katarina Barruk,Andachan, Sebastian Enequist (from Sound of the Damned), Tarrak, NUIJA, Niilas and Silla.

The vocals were recorded in 2024 by Detroit-based producer and musician Matthew Dear in Árni Árnason from The Vaccines studio, during Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavík. The resulting demos, combined with additional field recordings taken by Ferguson from the Russell Glacier in Greenland, form the backbone of this unique soundtrack, which BICEP then produced and recorded in their London studio.

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by Decoded Magazine

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